Other Photos

June 12, 2008 - a sea turtle came to visit.

Aughust 25, 2008 - the gulls had a convention on the beach.

There were hundreds of gulls on the beach this afternoon.

They were unafraid and just moved out of the way when I walked through them.

Threats to Paradise

A list of storms that have threatened the West End of Galveston Island along with photos documenting beach erosion and beach build-up. The difficulty we
live with is that beach erosion is a rapid, storm-wave-driven process measured in feet lost per hour whereas beach build-up is normally a slow,
wind-driven process measured in feet added per year. Occasionally, as with Ivan, we get lucky and a storm brings in sand instead of taking it away but that's very unusual.